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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Afterward".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Mary and Ned's house?
(a) Boyne.
(b) Lyng.
(c) Merton.
(d) Pangbourne.

2. When the story opens, in which room of her house is Mary waiting?
(a) The library.
(b) Her bedroom.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The front parlor.

3. What event causes Mary to temporarily forget about the mysterious man they saw in October?
(a) She receives a letter from Alida Stair.
(b) One of the housemaids quits.
(c) The greenhouse boiler breaks.
(d) She and Ned climb Meldon Steep.

4. As Mary thinks back over the events of October, she sees a figure coming toward the house again. Who is it?
(a) The letter carrier, delivering their mail.
(b) The boiler repairman.
(c) The ghost.
(d) Ned.

5. After Mary thinks more about the house and its ghost, what does she begin to wonder?
(a) Whether she might actually already know the identity of the ghost.
(b) Whether her household servants have ever seen the ghost.
(c) Whether Ned has seen the ghost and this is the cause of his strange mood.
(d) Whether it is possible that Alida lied to them about the ghost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary find in the envelope addressed to her?

2. On page 84, the narrator links isolated environments to "acuities of emotion." What are "acuities of emotion"?

3. On that evening in the library in section "II," what does Mary see has happened when she looks up from preparing the tea?

4. According to Alida, what is unusual about the ghost at Ned and Mary's new house?

5. Where is Mary and Ned's house located?

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